Young Mungo
About this book
Young Mungo is a 2022 novel by Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart. It was published by Grove Press on 5 April 2022 and by Picador on 14 April 2022. The novel follows Mungo Hamilton, a teenager navigating a life of poverty and parental neglect in the early 1990s Glasgow. When the character falls in love with a boy named James, he must confront the homophobia, toxic masculinity, and religious conflicts of the society of his time. It is Stuarts second novel, following his Booker Prize-winning debut Shuggie Bain (2020). The novel was critically acclaimed and was chosen as one of the best books of the year by publications such as The Washington Post, Time, Reader's Digest, The Telegraph, and Vanity Fair.
Reader Profile
4.4/5 · 243 readers · 401 pages · ≈ 7 h 26 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Young Mungo?
About ≈ 7 h 26 m — 401 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Young Mungo?
401 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Young Mungo?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Who wrote Young Mungo?
Douglas Stuart (1976–0).